1992 IIHF Women's World Championship

1992 IIHF World Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates April 20 - April 26
Teams 8
Arena(s)  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up   United States
Third place   Finland
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 163 (8.15 per match)
Attendance 18,540 (927 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Cammi Granato (8+2=10pts)
1990
1994

The 1992 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 20-April 26, 1992 in Tampere in Finland. The Team Canada won their 2nd gold medal at the World Championships, in a repeat of the 1990 Final defeating the United States.

Qualification

The tournament was held between eight teams. Canada and the United States received automatic qualification to the tournament. In addition, the top five teams from the 1991 European Championship would be joined by China.

Final tournament

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.

First round

     Teams proceed to Final round
     Teams sent to Consolation round

Group A

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  Canada 3300241+236
2.  Sweden 3201119+34
3.  China 3102716-92
4.  Denmark 3003320-170

Results

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992Canada 8 0
( 3 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Sweden 4 1
( 2 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 )
 DenmarkTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992China 2 6
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 3 )
 SwedenTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Denmark 0 10
( 0 - 4 , 0 - 2 , 0 - 4 )
 CanadaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Denmark 2 5
( 0 - 0 , 1 - 2 , 1 - 3 )
 ChinaTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Canada 6 1
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 3 - 1 )
 SwedenTampere, Finland

Group B

Standings

Rk. Team GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS
1.  United States 3300314+276
2.  Finland 3201279+184
3.  Norway 3102821-132
4.   Switzerland 3003234-320

Results

All times local (UTC+4)

April 20, 1992United States 17 0
( 6 - 0 , 4 - 0 , 7 - 0 )
  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 20, 1992Finland 11 3
( 6 - 1 , 2 - 2 , 3 - 0 )
 NorwayTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Norway 1 9
( 1 - 1 , 0 - 4 , 0 - 4 )
 United StatesTampere, Finland
April 21, 1992Switzerland  1 13
( 0 - 2 , 0 - 8 , 1 - 3 )
 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Norway 4 1
( 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 23, 1992Finland 3 5
( 2 - 1 , 1 - 1 , 0 - 3 )
 United StatesTampere, Finland

Playoff Round

Consolation Round 5-8 Place

April 24, 1992China 2 1
(1-0, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0 )
  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland
April 24, 1992Norway 2 0
( 1 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )
 DenmarkTampere, Finland

Consolation Round 7-8 Place

April 26, 1992Denmark 4 3
( 2 - 2, 0 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 )
  SwitzerlandTampere, Finland

Consolation Round 5-6 Place

April 26, 1992Norway 1 2
( 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )
 ChinaTampere, Finland

Final round

Semi finals Finals
25 April 1992 26 April 1992
                 
     
Group A 1st  Canada 6
 
Group B 2nd  Finland 2   Gold Medal Game
   Canada 8
     
   United States 0
Group B 1st  United States 6
 
Group A 2nd  Sweden 4  
  Bronze Medal Game (GWS)
 Sweden 4
 Finland 5

Semifinals

April 25, 1992Canada 6 2
( 4 - 0 , 2 - 2 , 0 - 0 )
 FinlandTampere, Finland
April 25, 1992United States 6 4
( 2 - 2 , 2 - 0 , 2 - 2 )
 SwedenTampere, Finland

Match for third place

April 26, 1992Sweden 4 5
(1 - 1, 1 - 2, 2 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 1)
 FinlandTampere, Finland

Final

April 26, 1992Canada 8 0
( 3 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
 United StatesTampere, Finland

Champions

 1992 IIHF World Women Championship Winners 

Canada
2nd title

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
United States Cammi Granato 582102
Canada Danielle Goyette 537102
Canada Andria Hunter 55490
United States Lisa Brown 52798
United States Shelley Looney 51892
Finland Riikka Nieminen 56280
Canada France St. Louis 55382
Canada Nancy Drolet 54480
United States Jeanine Sobek 53580
United States Karyn Bye 53582

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player Mins GA GAA SV%
Canada Marie Claude Roy 12010.5095.83
Canada Manon Rheaume 18020.6795.74
Sweden Annica Åhlén 19082.5391.58
Denmark Lane Rasmussen 305244.7288.35
Finland Katariina Ahonen 14952.0188.10

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Final standings

Rk. Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Finland
4.  Sweden
5.  China
6.  Norway
7.  Denmark
8.   Switzerland

Directorate Awards

References

  1. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.540, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

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